Candidate Comparisons

Kamala Harris

1. Raise the minimum wage to at least $17/hour – supports
   1. Cosponsored the Raise the Wage Act to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour
   2. The Biden-Harris administration raised the minimum wage of federal contractors to $17.20 per hour through Executive Order 14026
   3. The Democratic 2024 platform says “[Democrats will] work to finally raise the federal minimum wage to at least $15-an-hour”
2. Close the wage gap – supports
   1. In March 2022, Vice President Harris gave a speech in support of wage equality.

Donald Trump

1. Raise the minimum wage to at least $17/hour – opposes
   1. In a 2020 debate against Joe Biden, Trump asked about minimum wage ““How are you helping your small businesses when you’re forcing wages? What’s going to happen and what’s been proven to happen is when you do that, these small businesses fire many of their employees.”
2. Close the wage gap – opposes
3. 1. The Trump Administration ended an Obama-era rule requiring large companies to report how much they pay workers by race and gender, a policy that helps close the wage gap.
   2. An analysis showed that women in Donald Trump’s White House earned 69 cents for every $1 paid to male staffers.

Kamala Harris

1. Enact the Biden administration’s $16 billion Emergency Child Care Funding Request – supports
   1. Harris supported Biden’s series of Executive Orders that:
      Cap child care copayments for working families at no more than 7% of a family’s income and encourage states to waive copayments for families at or below 150% of the federal poverty level;
   2. Improve financial stability for child care providers and incentivize their participation in the CCDBG program by ensuring they are paid on-time and based on program enrollment instead of attendance; and,
   3. Make it easier for families to access CCDBG by encouraging states to accept online applications for CCDBG enrollment and to make siblings of children who already receive the subsidy presumptively eligible for benefits.
2. Establish a comprehensive system for aging and disability care – supports
   1. While campaigning in 2020, Harris supported a version of Medicare for All, Medicare for America, which would have funded long-term care at home for older adults and people with disabilities.
   2. The Democratic Platform says “We will protect the health and dignity of older adults and people with disabilities by improving long-term care and supporting family caregivers, and we will invest in care infrastructure by raising wages and the quality of care worker jobs.”

Donald Trump

1. Enact the Biden administration’s $16 billion Emergency Child Care Funding Request – opposes
   1. Donald Trump’s child care plan fell short of what is needed to support parents and providers and only budgeted one billion dollars.
2. Establish a comprehensive system for aging and disability care – opposes
   1. He has said as recently as March 2024 that he is open to cuts to Medicare and Social Security.
   2. His 2017 plans during his Presidency would push millions with disabilities into institutions; make it harder for people with disabilities to work; harm students with disabilities; slash programs that provide basic living standards; and weaken disability rights and protections.

Kamala Harris

1. Improve the federal Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit – supports
   1. The Biden-Harris administration’s American Rescue Plan expanded the child tax credit for tax year 2021. The maximum credit amount for that year  increased to $3,000 per qualifying child between ages 6 and 17 and $3,600 per qualifying child under age 6
   2. The Democratic Platform says “That’s why we’ll keep pushing to restore the expanded Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, which proved so effective at reducing poverty before Republicans let them expire.”
2. Make the rich pay their fair share – supports
3. 1. The Democratic Platform says “A fair tax code is how we invest in the things that make our nation strong, like health care, education, a clean environment, and the national defense.”
   2. During her 2020 campaign, Harris proposed a slate of changes to tax policy to increase taxes on the rich and corporations and their assets.

Donald Trump

1. Improve the federal Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit – unclear
   1. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – passed during Trump’s Presidency – doubled the child tax credit to $2,000 per child and added another $500 credit for older children and other dependents
2. Make the rich pay their fair share – opposes
   1. The Republican Platform says they will “make permanent the provisions of the Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” which was shown to benefit the rich more than other taxpayers.

Kamala Harris

1. Create new federal laws that ensure your right and access to abortion do not depend on where you live or how much money you make – supports
   1. The Democratic Platform says “Democrats are committed to restoring the reproductive rights Trump ripped away. With a Democratic Congress, we will pass national legislation to make Roe the law of the land again.”
2. Enforce existing rights that ensure people can get emergency abortion care at hospitals – supports
   1. Harris has fully supported abortion rights, both for emergency situations and not. She was the first president or VP to visit abortion provider
3. Eliminate the Weldon and Hyde amendments – supports
   1. The Democratic Platform says “We will repeal the Hyde Amendment”

Donald Trump

1. Create new federal laws that ensure your right and access to abortion do not depend on where you live or how much money you make – opposes
   1. In reference to abortion, the Republican Platform says “We believe that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees that no person can be denied Life or Liberty without Due Process, and that the States are, therefore, free to pass Laws protecting those Rights.
   2. Ahead of Iowa’s 6-week abortion ban taking effect, he said state abortion bans are “going to work out incredibly well.”
2. Enforce existing rights that ensure people can get emergency abortion care at hospitals – likely opposes
   1. The Federal Judge who sent a challenge to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act to the Supreme Court was appointed by Trump.
3. Eliminate the Weldon and Hyde amendments – opposes
4. 1. The Trump Administration used the Weldon Amendment to prevent states from enforcing state laws that protect abortion access. For example, on December 16, 2020, the Trump Administration announced it would withhold $200 million in federal Medicaid funds quarterly from California.
   2. The Trump Administration used the Hyde Amendment to expand the Global Gag Rule on abortion.

Kamala Harris

1. Support the Right to Contraception Act – supports
   1. The Democratic Platform says “Democrats are also working to expand access to birth control, which nine in 10 women have used” and “We will strengthen access to contraception so every woman who needs it is able to get and afford it.”
2. Create federal protections for fertility care – supports
   1. The Democratic Platform says “We will protect a woman’s right to access IVF.”
   2. The campaign wished a Happy World IVF Day.

Donald Trump

1. Support the Right to Contraception Act – opposes
   1. In May 2024, Trump said he was open to supporting regulations on contraception, though he later attempted to walk back the statement.
   2. Reporting from The Guardian says “Trump’s first presidency took an axe to family-planning funding by writing new rules that forced almost one-third of clinics that received grants funding under Title X to leave the program. That left more than 1.5 million people without access to Title X-funded care, including its contraception services.”
2. Create federal protections for fertility care – likely supports
   1. Donald Trump said that he would “strongly support the availability of IVF.”

Kamala Harris

1. Oppose book bans. – supports
   1. The Democratic Platform says “President Biden has also taken action to support LGBTQI+ youth in foster care; and is fighting book bans that censor LGBTQI+ content.”
   2. At the American Federation of Teachers convention, Harris said ““We want to ban assault weapons, and they want to ban books.”
2. Oppose curriculum bans and support an honest and inclusive education. – supports
   1. Harris has been endorsed by the American Federation of Teachers

Donald Trump

1. Oppose book bans. – opposes
   1. The Republican Platform says they will “CUT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ANY SCHOOL PUSHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY, RADICAL GENDER IDEOLOGY, AND OTHER INAPPROPRIATE RACIAL, SEXUAL, OR POLITICAL CONTENT ON OUR CHILDREN”
2. Oppose curriculum bans and support an honest and inclusive education. – opposes
   1. The Republican Platform also says “Republicans will ensure children are taught fundamentals like Reading, History, Science, and Math, not Leftwing propaganda. We will defund schools that engage in inappropriate political indoctrination of our children using Federal Taxpayer Dollars.”

Kamala Harris

1. Invest in police-free K-12 schools – police make school more dangerous and less safe, particularly for students of color. – supports
   1. As a Senator, Harris called for fewer police and more social services in schools in a since archived post.

1. Protect students’ rights to free speech, organizing, and assembly free from police violence. – supports
   1. She has shown support for college protests. 
2. Incorporate social emotional learning, an honest history of racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and xenophobia, and learning materials and books from diverse authors and that highlight diverse stories, in public schools – supports
   1. The Democratic Platform says “We’ve helped districts nationwide train and hire 14,000 more counselors and social workers, so kids can heal from the disruptions of COVID, the fear of gun violence, and more. We increased investments in full-service community schools five-fold, providing health care, nutrition, job training, and other wraparound services for kids at school, investing in their futures and making families’ lives easier”

Donald Trump

1. Invest in police-free K-12 schools – police make school more dangerous and less safe, particularly for students of color. – opposes
   1. The Trump Administration “rescinded an Obama-era executive order that placed limits on a federal program that sends surplus military equipment to local law enforcement. That order included restrictions on law enforcement agencies operated by K-12 school districts.”
2. Protect students’ rights to free speech, organizing, and assembly free from police violence. – opposes
   1. The Republican Platform names protesters as terrorist sympathizers and says they will “DEPORT PRO-HAMAS RADICALS AND MAKE OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES SAFE AND PATRIOTIC AGAIN”
3. Incorporate social emotional learning, an honest history of racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and xenophobia, and learning materials and books from diverse authors and that highlight diverse stories, in public schools – opposes
   1. The Republican Platform also says “Republicans will ensure children are taught fundamentals like Reading, History, Science, and Math, not Leftwing propaganda. We will defund schools that engage in inappropriate political indoctrination of our children using Federal Taxpayer Dollars.”

Kamala Harris

1. Protect gender affirming care for all – supports
   1. The Democratic Platform says “President Biden has delivered on his promise to ban discrimination in health care on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. He has also protected transgender Americans’ access to health care and coverage including gender-affirming care”
2. Clarify through explicit regulations that Title IX protections extend to inclusive protections in athletics. – supports
   1. In their statement of endorsement, Advocates for Trans Equality said “A Harris Administration would not only uphold but also expand upon the protections for transgender Americans established by the Biden Administration.”

Donald Trump

1. Protect gender affirming care for all – opposes
   1. The Republican Platform says “We will keep men out of women’s sports, ban Taxpayer funding for sex change surgeries, and stop Taxpayer-funded Schools from promoting gender transition, reverse Biden’s radical rewrite of Title IX Education Regulations, and restore protections for women and girls.”
2. Clarify through explicit regulations that Title IX protections extend to inclusive protections in athletics. – opposes
   1. The Republican Platform says they will “KEEP MEN OUT OF WOMEN’S SPORTS”

Kamala Harris

1. Pass the Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act to create stronger recusal standards and an enforceable code of conduct – supports
   1. The Biden-Harris Administration endorsed the implementation of term limits for Supreme Court justices, as well as the creation of a binding code of ethics “that require justices to disclose gifts, refrain from public political activity, and recuse themselves from cases in which they or their spouses have financial or other conflicts of interest.”
2. Nominate and confirm judges with a strong record of supporting gender and racial justice issues and who affirmatively declare they will uphold equality, opportunity for all, individual liberty, and the freedom to make personal decisions about our bodies and relationships – supports
   1. Harris used her vote in the Senate to confirm a civil rights lawyer to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Donald Trump

1. Pass the Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act to create stronger recusal standards and an enforceable code of conduct – likely opposes
   1. Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on September 26, 2020, and confirmed on October 26, 2020. No justice had ever been confirmed after July in an election year.
   2. Alito refused to recuse himself from the Trump immunity case after flying the American flag upside down in 2021 and for flying a Revolutionary War-era flag some associate with Christian Nationalism last year. According to Politico, “The so-called “Appeal to Heaven” flag and the inverted display of the American flag have both been associated with the movement among some Trump supporters to overthrow Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.”
2. Nominate and confirm judges with a strong record of supporting gender and racial justice issues and who affirmatively declare they will uphold equality, opportunity for all, individual liberty, and the freedom to make personal decisions about our bodies and relationships. – opposes
   1. The Federal Judge who sent a challenge to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act to the Supreme Court was appointed by Trump.

Kamala Harris

1. Protect and expand access to the ballot and restore the Voting Rights Act, including by passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act – supports
   1. Harris released a statement calling for the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
2. Unrig our democracy by abolishing the filibuster – supports
   1. When asked about discussing filibuster changes with her Senate peers, she said “I’m not going to negotiate this way. But I’m certainly having conversations with folks.”

Donald Trump

1. Protect and expand access to the ballot and restore the Voting Rights Act, including by passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act – opposes
   1. The Republican Platform says they would “SECURE OUR ELECTIONS, INCLUDING SAME DAY VOTING, VOTER IDENTIFICATION, PAPER BALLOTS, AND PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP”
      1. It also says “We will implement measures to secure our Elections, including Voter ID, highly sophisticated paper ballots, proof of Citizenship, and same day Voting. We will not allow the Democrats to give Voting Rights to illegal Aliens”
2. Unrig our democracy by abolishing the filibuster – supports, for Republicans
3. 1. Trump has supported ending the filibuster when Republicans have power of the Senate in order to push through major policies on the border and taxes.